About us

Picture Sheffield is a non-profit cultural service funded by Sheffield City Council. It contains over 100,000 images of Sheffield and the surrounding area from the unrivalled collections held by Sheffield City Council’s Archive and Local Studies Library.

We are continually digitising photographs and documents and adding them to the library - over 5,000 additional images are uploaded each year.

We are grateful to everyone who generously donates their images, or their time and money, to make Picture Sheffield so comprehensive.

All income generated from sales and licensing is used to offset the costs of providing this service.

Please note that Sheffield City Council is not responsible and does not condone the sentiment contained within the images, they are reproduced as factual records.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Picture Sheffield contains digital copies of original analogue photographs and, more recently, digital photographs. Images are presented as originally created and are not enhanced, altered or manipulated. They are historical records and should be viewed as such.

We do not include images that have been created, generated or altered using artificial intelligence (AI). Nor do we accept images that have been colourised, enhanced, edited or otherwise manipulated.

Our aim is to preserve and present an authentic visual record of Sheffield's history. By maintaining the integrity of these images, we help ensure that future generations can access and interpret the past as accurately as possible.